Clothes-drier.



No. 741,202. PATENTED OCT. 13,1903.

G. M. e. & W. H. WESTON. CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1903.

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CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 741,202, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed May 15,1903. Serial No. 157,291. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, GEAoE M. G. WEsroN and WALTER H. WESTON, both citizens of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Briers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of portable clothes-driers adapted particularly to be secured to and supported by a window-sill and extend out horizon tally from the building, although the clothes-drier may be supported by and extend from any'vertical wall, indoors or out, or from some other convenient support.

7 The particular object of the invention is to provide a clothes-drier, preferably of metal, which can accommodate quite a large number of articles of clothing, can be loaded while it is inside of the house or apartment and then thrust through the window and quickly dropped over a suitable support which is so located that the drier extends horizontally from the window-sill at such a distance from the wall of the building that it may project beyond both jambs of the window without interfering with the blinds. Such a clothesdrier is adapted to support a large proportion of the articles of a family washing if the larger articles, such as bedclothing, are omitted. Moreover, it is admirably adapted for daily use by families who are in the habit of drying a few articles almost every day. The drier is sufficiently light. to be easily applied to and withdrawn from the window, and by tipping the drier at a suitable angle it can be placed out of the window even though its length next the sill exceeds the width of the window-opening.

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved clothes-drier in position for use and extending outward from the sill of the window. Fig. 2 is a side or end elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a represents the sill, and b the jambs of a window. Secured to this sill near its outer edge and midway between the jambs is a metallic plate 0, provided with a post d, preferably integral with the plate and extending vertically from the sill, although as the sill is usually inclined it will not be perpendicular thereto. This plate is usually applied to the sill (which in most houses occupied by families to which this invention would be serviceable is of Wood) by means of screws (2.

The clothes-drier proper comprises a tubular frame, a socket, and wires of the material known as clothes-line wire, all the said parts being preferably of metal. The frame consists of the tubular rod g and the tubular rod 71, extending centrally from and at right angles with the rod g, the two said rods constituting three arms. These rods are supported by a metallic integral socket which consists of two tubes at right angles with each other, whereby four radial tubular arms 7c 70 7c 7d are produced. The tubular rod g extends through the continuous passage produced by the parts 76 and 70 and extends parallel with the window-sill on opposite sides of the socket, as shown, and the tubular arm h extends from the portion 70' of the socket. The portion 70 of the socket is vertically bored to receive the post d, such bore being of a diameter to fit as closely over the post as is consistent with ready removal therefrom and application thereto.

The arms g it have been mentioned as tubular, but may be made of solid rods, if desired. Said arms may be held friction-tight in the socket or may be secured thereto by any other suitable means. perforated to receive the wire clothes-line s, which may be strung upon the frame in any suitable manner. In this instance one end of the wire is shown at s, and from that point the wire extends through the rod h to the opposite portion of the rod g, is carried along said portion at s to the next perforation, and thence extends through the rod h to the other portion of the rod g, and then in parallel lines, as shown, to the point 3', at which its other end is secured in any suitable manner to the frame.

The entire device as constructed constitutes an exceedingly handy and useful portable clothes-drier, especially forhousekeeping and These arms are horizontally lodging apartments and small residences in large cities, where available space for any one family is small and many families live at different heights from the street, so that either the yards or the roofs are inconvenient and perhaps not available.

The articles to be dried are preferably hung upon the clothes-line 3 while the device is in the house and the clothes-drier dropped over the post d into the position illustrated. The loaded drier may be lifted off the post and the articles removed in the house or the articles may be removed from and applied to the drier while it is hanging in the position shown.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a clothes-drier of the character described, the tubular supporting-socket comprising the oppositely-extending tubular arms 75 it provided with a continuous passage, the tubular arm is extending outwardly at right angles with the arms 70 7c", and the rearwardly-extending supporting-arm 7d vertically bored to receive a supporting-post whereby the drier is supported in a horizontal position; the rod g extending through the continuous passage in the arms 70 7c and projecting oppositely therefrom; the rod h extending outwardly from the tubular arm is; and a clothes-line extending through horizontal perforations in said rods and secured thereto, said clothesline and rods constituting a substantially triangular portable drier for supporting articles of clothing and for being easily passed through a house-window, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GRACE M. G. WVESTON. WALTER H. WESTON.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, A. N. B. EMERY. 

